diff --git a/src/uu/basenc/src/basenc.rs b/src/uu/basenc/src/basenc.rs
index e1daea4e6..ef9779512 100644
--- a/src/uu/basenc/src/basenc.rs
+++ b/src/uu/basenc/src/basenc.rs
@@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ const ENCODINGS: &[(&str, Format)] = &[
     ("base2m", Format::Base2Msbf),
 ];
 
-fn get_usage() -> String {
-    format!("{0} [OPTION]... [FILE]", executable!())
+fn usage() -> String {
+    format!("{0} [OPTION]... [FILE]", execution_phrase!())
 }
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {
-    let mut app = base_common::base_app(executable!(), crate_version!(), ABOUT);
+    let mut app = base_common::base_app(&util_name!(), crate_version!(), ABOUT);
     for encoding in ENCODINGS {
         app = app.arg(Arg::with_name(encoding.0).long(encoding.0));
     }
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {
 }
 
 fn parse_cmd_args(args: impl uucore::Args) -> (Config, Format) {
-    let usage = get_usage();
+    let usage = usage();
     let matches = uu_app().usage(&usage[..]).get_matches_from(
         args.collect_str(InvalidEncodingHandling::ConvertLossy)
             .accept_any(),
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ fn parse_cmd_args(args: impl uucore::Args) -> (Config, Format) {
 }
 
 pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
-    let name = executable!();
+    let name = util_name!();
     let (config, format) = parse_cmd_args(args);
     // Create a reference to stdin so we can return a locked stdin from
     // parse_base_cmd_args
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
         config.wrap_cols,
         config.ignore_garbage,
         config.decode,
-        name,
+        &name,
     );
 
     0
diff --git a/src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs b/src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs
index cb12830a4..e0c7d2226 100644
--- a/src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs
+++ b/src/uu/cat/src/cat.rs
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ fn cat_files(files: Vec<String>, options: &OutputOptions) -> UResult<()> {
         Ok(())
     } else {
         // each next line is expected to display "cat: …"
-        let line_joiner = format!("\n{}: ", executable!());
+        let line_joiner = format!("\n{}: ", util_name!());
 
         Err(uucore::error::USimpleError::new(
             error_messages.len() as i32,
diff --git a/src/uu/chcon/src/chcon.rs b/src/uu/chcon/src/chcon.rs
index 2a5efba46..6f45dcd92 100644
--- a/src/uu/chcon/src/chcon.rs
+++ b/src/uu/chcon/src/chcon.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #![allow(clippy::upper_case_acronyms)]
 
-use uucore::{executable, show_error, show_usage_error, show_warning};
+use uucore::{execution_phrase, show_error, show_usage_error, show_warning, util_name};
 
 use clap::{App, Arg};
 use selinux::{OpaqueSecurityContext, SecurityContext};
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ fn get_usage() -> String {
         "{0} [OPTION]... CONTEXT FILE... \n    \
          {0} [OPTION]... [-u USER] [-r ROLE] [-l RANGE] [-t TYPE] FILE... \n    \
          {0} [OPTION]... --reference=RFILE FILE...",
-        executable!()
+        execution_phrase!()
     )
 }
 
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
 }
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> App<'static, 'static> {
-    App::new(executable!())
+    App::new(util_name!())
         .version(VERSION)
         .about(ABOUT)
         .arg(
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ fn process_file(
         if options.verbose {
             println!(
                 "{}: Changing security context of: {}",
-                executable!(),
+                util_name!(),
                 file_full_name.to_string_lossy()
             );
         }
diff --git a/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs b/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs
index b300dff2d..660f62f7a 100644
--- a/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs
+++ b/src/uu/dd/src/dd.rs
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> i32 {
 }
 
 pub fn uu_app() -> clap::App<'static, 'static> {
-    clap::App::new(executable!())
+    clap::App::new(util_name!())
         .version(crate_version!())
         .about(ABOUT)
         .arg(